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Internship Opportunity for law students in IPR at the Indian Patent Office: Applications Open!

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This internship program aims to work towards the fulfillment of the following objectives of the National IPR Policy 2016:

  • Objective 1: IPR Awareness: Outreach and Promotion – To create public awareness about the economic, social, and cultural benefits of IPRs among all sections of society.
  • Objective 2: Generation of IPRs – To stimulate the generation of IPRs
  • Objective 7: Human Capital Development – To strengthen and expand human resources, institutions, and capacities for teaching, training, research, and skill-building in IPRs

Roles to cater

Interns will be given assignments on the emerging issues in patents and will be required to submit a research paper at the end of the internship program.

Tenure of Engagement

The internship duration shall be as per the requirement of the course curriculum.

Eligibility

  • The applicant should:
    • be a citizen of India; and
    • is pursuing or has completed:
      • post-graduation/doctoral studies in science, or
      • graduation/post-graduation/doctoral studies in engineering or technology
      • graduation/post-graduation/doctoral studies in law from any University, established under the law for the time being in force in the territory of India.
  • In the case of candidates pursuing graduation/post-graduation/doctoral studies, the internship should be a requirement specified under their course curriculum.
  • The graduation/post-graduation/doctoral studies shall be from a government-recognized institute.
  • The application for an internship shall be accompanied by a recommendation from the Head of the Institution.

Stipend (If Any)

No honorarium of any sort shall be paid to the intern.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of the internship, a certificate shall be issued by the Head of Office where the intern has interned.

Applying Procedure

  • Applicants are requested to submit their CV and a cover letter containing a brief synopsis of the proposed topic of study during the internship to cgoffice-mh[at]nic.in
  • Internships shall be filled by way of a selection process adopted by the office of CGPDTM.
  • Selected interns will have to provide a certified copy of their certificates. Interns shall not be treated as staff members.

LOCATION

The place of internship can be at the IP Office Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and RGNIIPM, Nagpur.

Official Notification

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